Developing with plain J2ME is painful. However LWUIT is a UI framework to the rescue.

With LWUIT you can develop beautiful visual user interfaces that support touch and modern controls. Of course within the limits of the devices, but it's much easier than coding plain MIDlets. it's also portable, you can develop from single source for Symbian S40 phones and BlackBerry phones.

Here is sample screenshots from a sample J2ME LWUIT app I made for DietYuk, an Indonesian healthy living site.

Friday, September 2, 2011

My first attempt at installing Nokia SDK 1.0 for Java failed due to Avira AntiVir detected a malware on it, so I had to "ignore" the Malware and cancel the installation (which it seemed to not undoing it properly) and restart installation.

However the next installation failed while giving the following message:

At this point I am stuck. I've deleted the C:\Nokia\Tools folder entirely, and I can't find the "Nokia Connectivity Framework (NCF)" entry on "Add Remove Programs. There's not even a Cancel button (to close the installer) or Override button on this dialog box. Quite annoying. :-(

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

With NewsPopper, you can get the latest news easily from favorite sites that interests you, and share among your friends. Set up alerts so NewsPopper --as it name says-- will "pop" the news for you on your mobile device!You can get notified when your friend comments on the news they read, or liked.

Sounds interesting ? It should :-)

It's a mobile application I'm currently working on. The app uses the latest powerful Qt 1.1 SDK and will run on all mobile devices that support Qt framework (which means modern Symbian S60, Symbian^3, Maemo/N900, and MeeGo devices like the upcoming Nokia N9/N950).

It will support touch and swipe gestures (on all touch devices and especially on the Nokia N9) and should be very user friendly from the first start.

The images shown are some sketches and how the current prototype looks.

When it's finished (hopefully!) you'll find it in an Ovi Store near you. :-)

I highly recommend you to get these resources to gain skills on Qt Development on desktop and mobile devices :

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The Qt team is truly pleased to release the Qt SDK 1.1 for desktop and mobile development.

Using the Qt SDK you benefit from the Qt Creator IDE as a starting point for your development and you can also speed up your development - especially for touch-screens - with Qt Quick. During installation of the Qt SDK, you select the packages you need. In addition you will receive notification when new features and quality updates are available i.e. Qt Creator and / or new targets. No need to make special upgrades or extra downloads.

What is in the Qt SDK 1.1?

Qt 4.7.3 for desktop, Qt 4.7.3 for Symbian and Qt 4.7.0 for Maemo/N900

The Qt Ambassador Program is a membership-only program that honors Qt development projects. All developers around the world who create products and projects with Qt are eligible to apply. Membership to the Qt Ambassador Program is free and based on your outstanding and innovative Qt project.

Note: In order to apply to the program, you must have a live Qt project, which you are able to post on the Qt Ambassador Showcase.

The Qt Ambassador is a recognition program that complements our Nokia Certified Qt Developer program. We encourage all Nokia Certified Qt Developers to apply to be Qt Ambassadors and further extend their distinction in the Qt and overall developer community.